On Apr 13, 2011, at 6:37 PM, Tim Bray wrote: > My first, as I noted, was a Balda Baldini, inherited from my Dad when > he got into Pentax. I don't have any pix I took with it, but I do > have some that he did, dating all the way back to 1953. I think some > here might enjoy them, and I'd enjoy seeing anyone else's first-camera > pix. > > Baldini Sunset (the oldest pic, 1953): > http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2005/11/04/FSS > My Family: http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2008/01/26/Fifties-Pix > Roads: http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2006/01/13/FSS
I don't have scans of first pictures taken with my camera, though someplace I have a binder full of negatives in plastic sleeves. I do have some recent photos that I took with my first camera at Burningman last September: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157624809385751/ I brought the Argus thinking it might be fun to run a roll or two through it, and the weather was so dusty during the day, I didn't want to bring the DSLRs out, and ended up shooting almost eight rolls of film. Tying in with the craftsmanship thread, I find the process of shooting film with a very basic camera, either the argus or the rolleiflex I was given last August to be a lot of fun, and to have a certain aesthetic purity to it. Even so, for getting real work done, I much prefer almost everything about the digital process. Frankly, I'd rather spend my money on lenses than film, chemicals and darkroom supplies. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
